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8 HEALTH • Summer 2016 { Pictures of Health } SHINING THE LIGHT ON WELLNESS The SHINE Initiative donated $7,900 to Worcester Public Schools for mental-health training for faculty and staff. Pictured, left to right, are: Bertha-Elena Rojas of Worcester Public Schools; Susan Mailman, CEO of Coghlin Electrical Contractors of Worcester, a SHINE Advisory Board member; Marco Rodrigues, interim superintendent, Worcester Public Schools and Paul Richard, executive director of the SHINE Initiative. HATS OFF TO GRADUATES UMass Medical School in Worcester awarded 227 degrees at its 43rd Commencement on Sunday, June 5. People, places and happenings in Central Massachusetts e Cancer Center at Harrington in Southbridge received a $1,552 donation from the Route 395 Basketball League. Price Chopper, with stores in Central Mass., has raised more than $153,000 from its month-long pin-up campaign and the sale of more than 8,500 plush primates for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan donated hundreds of personal care packages to LUK, a Worcester social agency, for distribution to homeless youth across Worcester County. Boston Medical HealthNet Plan assembled the kits, which included soap, sanitizer, toothbrushes, toothpaste and more. REACHING NEW HEIGHTS Fallon Health donated a $15,000 grant to Appalachian Mountain Club's Youth Opportunities Program "Summit Sites" in both Worcester and Lowell-Lawrence. COMMUNITY CARE Harrington HealthCare donated $5,000 to St. John Paul II parish in Southbridge, for its efforts to help homelessness. Pictured, from left to right, are: Ed Moore, president and CEO, Harrington HealthCare; Helen Lenti, president, hospital auxiliary; Fr. Peter Joyce of St. John Paul II; Kathy Vairo, auxiliary director; and Harrington Vice President David Morgan. { Of Note }